I’m Invincible, Boko Haram Leader Shekau Boasts in New Video [WATCH]

The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists, Abubakar Shekau, has said that he remains invincible to those who have declared him wanted.

Shekau has been declared a global terrorist by the United States, which put a $7 million (5.1 million euros) bounty on his head. Nigeria has separately offered 50 million naira ($300,000) for information leading to his capture or death.

In a video obtained by AFP Friday, Shekau appeared to mock the notion that one of his loyalists would betray him in exchange for a reward.

“What is 50 million naira? We do not worship money. As for those who are in our midst, Allah has taken care of them,” he said.

He claimed responsibility for  a daring December 20 raid on a military barracks in the restive northeast, in the video.

“Our fighters stormed the Bama barracks,” Shekau said, while seated on a mat and flanked by a group of armed men.

The Nigerian military claimed 15 soldiers died in the combat, while it claimed that its men killed 50 terrorists. According to the defence ministry, more than 50 “terrorists” were killed when ground forces backed by fighter jets pursued the fleeing Islamists after the raid.

Residents told AFP that an unknown number of civilians were killed and four villages destroyed during the military response.

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